Software Engineer - Integrations

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Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Sr Software Engineer - Integrations with expertise in integrating various industrial systems and protocols in a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with Go, Python, Kubernetes, and AWS. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust integration solutions to optimize our manufacturing processes. Additionally, the candidate will be expected to provide detailed design/architecture for connecting manufacturing data systems, ensuring seamless communication and data exchange across the organization.

ATLANTA, GA or Green Bay, WI (HYBRID SCHEDULE)

This role is not available to anyone who is currently a VISA holder. This includes a current Employment Authorization Document due to potential of requiring sponsorship in the future. Not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

GP's Software Engineering & Integration team's core competency is designing, building, delivering, and maintaining custom software solutions and integrations. We recently initiated our transformation journey, creating functions and capabilities that enable engineers to have major impacts on GP's business performance. We seek to build functionality once, so engineers are encouraged to re‑use their peers' work and modify them to meet new use cases.

We focus on delivering profitable business outcomes by partnering with business analysts, delivery leaders, and quality engineers to build the right solution at the right speed.

• Lead, design, development, and implementation of custom connectors and integrations using GoLang or Python to connect disparate systems and devices
• Build and optimize integrations across industrial protocol (OPC-UA, MQTT, MODBUS, etc.) and system protocols (REST, SOAP, etc.)
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather requirements and define integration strategies
• Enable seamless data exchange between systems, including real‑time streaming platforms (Kinesis, NATS, Kafka)
• Contribute to source code management and collaboration using Git Hub
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to ensure system reliability and uptime
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in industrial automation, integration and cloud‑native architectures

• Proven programming experience in Go or Python
• Proven experience deploying APIs and microservices in containerized environments using Kubernetes
• Hands‑on experience with scripting languages (JavaScript and Power Shell)
• Experience integrating AWS services (e.g., S3, Lambda, RDS, EC2) to support cloud‑native architectures
• Experience with modern integration strategies and best practices
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

• Experience with API Gateway, networking principles, and security best practices
• Hands‑on experience with Dev Ops and automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, and Git Ops) and modern CI/CD practices
• Experience with real‑time data integration using streaming platforms (NATS, Kafka, Kinesis)
• Experience with industrial automation protocols (Modbus, UPC-UA, and MQTT)
• Proven experience and ability in collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams to design integration solutions

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please  for additional information.